Past Events
The Transnational Korea in Eurasian Context Conference
The “Transnational Korea in Eurasian Context” conference serves as a unique platform for sharing cutting-edge research, fostering collaboration, and engaging in thought-provoking discussions within the realm of…
6th Annual EALC Graduate Student Research Colloquium
Please join the EALC department for the 6th Graduate Student Research Colloquium Conference, featuring a keynote speech by Dr. Seiji Shirane!
Hear about the research graduate students at Penn…
The Enemy’s Property
Theodore Hughes
Please join us for the next lecture in the EALC Speakers' Colloquium.
Popular Literature and Manuscript Culture in Rural North China, 17th-19th Centuries
The Liaozhai Collection at Keio University
Zhenzhen Lu
Zhenzhen Lu will be presenting as part of the Spring 2024 Workshop in the History of Material Texts on April 15, 2024 at 5:15 PM. Zhenzhen received her PhD…
Innovative Approaches to Korean Language Education
Empowering Students with Generative AI and Immersive VR
The Korean Language Program is pleased to announce the first Pedagogy Workshop for Korean Teachers in Philadelphia with support from EALC and CEAS. The theme of this year’s workshop is “Innovative Approaches to…
A Sage Embellished with Elements of “Chinoiserie”
The Making of Jesus in the Jesuit Figurists Translations of Chinese Classics
Sophie Ling-chia Wei
Please join us for the next lecture in the EALC Speakers' Colloquium.
Should I Be Worried?
Anxiety in Dunhuang Divination
Zhao Lu
Please join us for the next lecture in the EALC Speakers' Colloquium.
Ink in One's Veins:
Mapping the World of Texts in Early and Medieval China
Maddalena Poli, Zhengjie Wang, Peter Tsung Kei Wong, Sarah Brooker, Oscar Qiu Jun Zheng, Xiaoyang Ma, Adam Smith
The Uses of the Blues: A Conversation with Alum
10th Matthew Y Wang Mental Health Wellness Event
Nuri Yi, Michelle Lyu
For information about this event, please visit here.
From Zhuangzi’s Gourd to Cinderella’s Pumpkin
Gua 瓜 as a Vehicle for the Imagination
Christopher Rea
Please join us for the next lecture in the EALC Speakers' Colloquium.
Vietnamese Language Program Movie Screening and Discussion
As part of the Guest Lecture Series for 2024, the Vietnamese Language Program is hosting a movie screening of Three Seasons and a discussion with the director, Tony Bui. See below for details.
Aspiration, Ambition, and Confucian Debates on Human Nature
Hannah Kim
Please join us for the next lecture in the EALC Speakers' Colloquium, co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy.
The Use of Useless Books
Collecting, Archiving, and Bibliophilic Knowledge in Prewar Japan
Nathan Shockey
Please join us for the next lecture in the EALC Speakers' Colloquium.
Resurgence of the Yuan Non-Han Ancestry in Late Qing China
Tomoyasu Iiyama
This talk attempts to shed light on the largely unknown trajectories of the resurgence and evolution of Yuan non-Han ancestries in north China from the late eighteenth century through the…
The Tarikh-i Hamidi
A Late-Qing Uyghur History
Eric Schluessel
Co-sponsored with History, CEAS, and the Penn Forum for Global Islamic Studies.
Graduate students are invited, and encouraged, to attend a special lunch session:
"Teaching and researching Uyghur…
EALC Speakers' Colloquium Event
Wenkai He
Please join us for the next lecture in the EALC Speakers' Colloquium. Wenkai He will be presenting on his recent book Public Interest and State Legitimation: Early Modern England, Japan, and China.
The Cloud Collar and the Legacy of the Mongol Empire
Eiren Shea
An unusual talismanic shirt, shaped like the top half of a caftan and made for Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I (d. 1403) features a prominent cloud collar motif on the chest and back of the garment, evoking the Mongol…
Rethinking the Circuits of Cold War Culture:
International Dance Exchanges in Mao-Era China
Emily Wilcox, Associate Professor of Chinese Studies, William & Mary
Lasting from the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 to the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, the Mao era is often misunderstood as a time of “isolation” and “closing off from the world.” On the…
Pikachu Bon Dance 2023
Join us on the College Green for Bon Odori. Enjoy dancing and Japanese treats!
All are welcome. No registration is required.